Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-22

only had boom in real estate but als'
ia her schools. He highly oompli
mented the legislators from this sec!ioI
on the deep interest they had taken il
educational work. He mentioned ant
reviewed the bill brought before th'
Legislature by AssembJyman Briefly
and the results that were achieved by
him and other members. He gave it tc
the credit of Governor Bartlett, that o
all the bills brought before him on edn
cational subjects he had signed each and
every one. He said that he sympathized
with the teachers in thier work, as be
had been engaged in it for many years.
He denied the charge that he was op-
posed to the State textbooks; further
more, that he was one Of the first to
urge the passage of the b'll which per-
mitted the State to supply these books
| for the schools.
He thought that sufficient attention
was not given to teaching scholars to
care for the property of others. lie
thought no set of rules for government
could be laid down. superintendent
should not superintond SO much as to
destroy the individuality of the teacher.
If, while boy is learning arithmetic, he
could learn TO designate between his
rights and the rights of others, we
would do away with labor strikes; ii Is
the mistakes in teaching that h We
brought much of this about. II stu.
dents are to be gentlemen and ladies in
life, they must be taught to be polite in
school. A teachers manner will be
imitai led by the students, that is If he
is the teacher that he ought to be. AL
though teachers are not expected to be
angels, nor did he ever know teacher to
get rich at teaching alone, still he thought
that in its results the work OF the lnstrnc
tor was next to the work OF God Himself.
While he would have course of study,
he pitied the school whose teacher was
unable to get out of this and do some
practical educating. A teacher should
lay the foundation, but the child should
build for his own education. Many
questions were proposed by the teachers
and answered by the speaker in regard
to school books, school law and other
school subjects. In reply, among other
things, he said that supplementary
readers can be bought with the Library
Fund and that q teacher can collect pay
for holidays. ~
After recess Miss Lottie Clark sang
the solo, "Tit for Tat" Tins was fol.
lowed by paper on "Civil Govern.
ment," by Professor Melville Doz!er.
Isolation, be said, was the worst of
and man naturally longed
for society, and as the rights of self and
others must be considered, civil govern
ment was org .nized, and this has grown
into one of the most profound sciences.
The first form OF government was the
aud then the unlimited
supplanted in later times
by the limited monarchy. To.
day the most perfect and scientific
government ever devised by human
mind is found in our own land. This
subject has come to be considered one
Of the clfef subjects to be taught in our
schools, because on its being thoroughly
astered hangs the safety of the nation,
Is it is by this that he learns the proper
lse of the right of suffrage. First
should be taught the principles that lead
% the establishment of this Govern
nent, and all the changes it has under.
zone since its first formation. Scholars
Ihould understand the divisions of leg.
slatiye, judicial and executive govern.
nent, and the functions of each. A
ubject of such magnitude and import
lnce demands early recognition.
The Institute adjourned until this